Is she really a Communist? Jan Schakowsky Bio.... she thought the tea parties were despicable...
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 9th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 6, 1999
Preceded by Sidney Yates
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Born May 26, 1944 (age 64)
Chicago, Illinois
Political party Communist
Spouse Robert Creamer
Residence Evanston, Illinois
Alma mater
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.Sc.)
Occupation nonprofit program coordinator
Religion Judaism
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Controversy regarding Illinois Public Action Fund
On March 11, 2004, Schakowsky's husband, lobbyist Robert Creamer, the executive director of the Illinois Public Action Fund, was indicted in federal court on 16 counts of bank fraud involving three alleged check-kiting schemes in the mid-1990s, leading several banks to experience shortfalls of at least $2.3 million
[8]. "He is innocent," Schakowsky said in a statement
[9]. In August 2005, Creamer pleaded guilty to one count of failure to collect withholding tax, and bank fraud for writing checks with insufficient funds. All of the money was repaid. According to USA Today Congresswoman "Schakowsky has not been accused of any wrongdoing."
[1] Schakowsky served on the organization's board during the time the crimes occurred
[10] and Schakowsky signed the IRS filings along with her husband[9]. U.S. District Judge James B. Moran noted no one suffered "out of pocket losses" and Creamer acted not out of greed but in an effort to keep his community action group going without cutting programs, though Creamer paid his own $100,000 salary with fraudulently obtained funds.
[2] On April 5, 2006, Creamer was sentenced to five months in prison and 11 months house arrest [11]. Creamer served his 5 month incarceration at the Federal Correction Institute in Terre Haute, Indiana and was released on November 3, 2006.
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